TORRES-MATMOROS v. STATE

No. 3D08-1530.

34 So.3d 83 (2010)

Hector Orlando TORRES-MATMOROS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied May 4, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry M. Wax, Miami, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Ansley B. Peacock, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before RAMIREZ, WELLS, and LAGOA, JJ.


WELLS, Judge.

Hector Orlando Torres-Matmoros appeals his convictions and sentences for sexual battery and false imprisonment. The defendant raises four points of error on this appeal: (1) that the testimony of the arresting officer improperly bolstered the credibility of the victim; (2) that the State introduced improper hearsay testimony of the victim through the arresting officer; (3) that, during closing argument, the State improperly shifted the burden of proof...

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